taso

Etymology

Borrowed from German Tasse, French tasse, and Italian tazza, all from Arabic طَاس (ṭās).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaso/

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• Rhymes: -aso
• Hyphenation: ta‧so

Noun

taso (accusative singular tason, plural tasoj, accusative plural tasojn)

1. cup, mug (concave vessel for drinking)

   Estas nur akvo en mia taso.

   There is only water in my cup.

2. cup (customary unit of measure)

   Ni bezonis du tasojn da faruno por tiu recepto.

   We needed two cups of flour for that recipe.

Etymology

tasa (“flat, even, level”) +‎ -o. First attested in Frans Ferdinand Ahlman: Ruotsalais-suomalainen sanakirja ("Swedish-Finnish Dictionary", 1865). Compare Estonian tase.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑso/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝s̠o̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑso
• Hyphenation^(key): ta‧so

Noun

taso

1. plane, flat or level surface
2. tray (flat carrier for items)

   Synonym: tarjotin

3. level (distance relative to a given reference elevation)
4. level (degree or amount)
5. level, standard (level of quality, attainment or qualification)

   elintaso ― living standard

6. level (position on a hierarchy)
7. level, layer (one of the items in a hierarchy)

   Synonym: kerros

8. (geometry) plane (flat surface extending infinitely in all directions)

   tasoprojektio ― planar projection

9. (aviation) plane, wing (wing or pair of wings)

   kaksitaso ― biplane

   vesitaso ― seaplane

10. (music) pitch (perceived frequency of a sound or note)

    Synonyms: säveltaso, sävelkorkeus

11. (video games) level, stage (one of several discrete segments of a game)

    Synonym: kenttä

12. (video games, roleplaying games) level (numeric value that quantifies a character, ability, or item's experience and power)

Further reading

• “taso”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• Atso, osat, osta, otsa, sato, sota, stoa, taos, tosa

Etymology

From Esperanto taso, from French tasse, German Tasse, Italian tazza, Spanish taza, all ultimately from Arabic طَاس (ṭās), from Middle Persian tšt'.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.so/

Noun

taso (plural tasi)

1. cup

See also

• kupo

Etymology

Probably from Frankish *tas (“mass”), from Proto-Germanic *tassaz (“heap, mow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dāy- (“to divide, split, section, part, separate”). Compare French tas (“heap, pile”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.zo/
• Rhymes: -azo
• Hyphenation: tà‧so

Noun

taso m (plural tasi)

1. tartar, argol, a red compound deposited during wine making.

   Synonyms: gruma, tartaro

Further reading

• taso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Noun

taso

1. man

References

• Luciana Sanchez Mendes, A Quantificação Adverbial em Karitiana (2009)

Alternative forms

Adjective

taso

1. nominative singular masculine of tasa (“movable”)

Verb

taso

1. first-person singular present indicative of tasar